First Trust Preferred Sec & Inc R3 (FPERX)

Fund Assets	208.03M
Expense Ratio	1.66%
Min. Investment	$2,500
Turnover	43.00%
Dividend (ttm)	0.93
Dividend Yield	4.70%
Dividend Growth	0.90%
Payout Frequency	Monthly
Ex-Dividend Date	Jun 30, 2025

Previous Close	19.77
YTD Return	4.18%
1-Year Return	7.58%
5-Year Return	19.61%
52-Week Low	18.54
52-Week High	19.95
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	209
Inception Date	Mar 2, 2011

About FPERX

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets (including investment borrowings) in preferred securities and other securities with similar economic characteristics.

• Fund Family: First Trust
• Category: Preferred Stock
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: FPERX
• Share Class: Class R3
• Index: ICE BofA Fixed Rate Preferred H TR

Performance

FPERX had a total return of 7.58% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 4.58%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
FPEIX	Class I	1.06%
FPEFX	Class F	1.31%
FPEAX	Class A	1.41%
FPECX	Class C	2.16%

Top 10 Holdings

16.69% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Bank of America Corp	BAC.V6.625 PERP	2.52%
Wells Fargo & Company	WFC	2.24%
Barclays PLC	BACR.V8 PERP	2.04%
JPMorgan Chase & Co	JPM.V6.875 PERP NN	1.72%
Credit Agricole SA	ACAFP.V6.7 PERP 144A	1.51%
LAND O'LAKES INC - Land O' Lakes Inc	LLAKES.8 PERP 144A	1.39%
BNP Paribas SA	BNP.V8.5 PERP 144A	1.38%
HARTFORD INSUR GRP INC/T - Hartford Insurance Group Inc/The	HIG.F 02.12.47 ICON	1.31%
Charles Schwab Corp/The	SCHW.V4 PERP H	1.30%
Lloyds Banking Group PLC	LLOYDS.V8 PERP	1.27%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Jun 30, 2025	$0.0845	Jun 30, 2025
May 30, 2025	$0.0847	May 30, 2025
Apr 30, 2025	$0.0843	Apr 30, 2025
Mar 31, 2025	$0.0843	Mar 31, 2025
Feb 28, 2025	$0.0844	Feb 28, 2025
Jan 31, 2025	$0.0842	Jan 31, 2025